diff --git a/.grok/skills/verify-pstack/scripts/absorbed.py b/.grok/skills/verify-pstack/scripts/absorbed.py
index 7aa25c4f..0b7d567e 100755
--- a/.grok/skills/verify-pstack/scripts/absorbed.py
+++ b/.grok/skills/verify-pstack/scripts/absorbed.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 PIN_RE = re.compile(r"^tree ([0-9a-f]{40})$", re.M)
 
 PRESENT = (
-    ("docs/guide/07-overnight.md", "starts a round at the owner"),
+    ("docs/guide/07-overnight.md", "checks the owner's code-ready head"),
     ("docs/guide/07-overnight.md", "scheduler_create"),
     ("docs/guide/07-overnight.md", "pstack:comment-sicko"),
     ("skills/show-me-your-work/scripts/log.sh", '[ ! -s "$logfile" ]'),
diff --git a/tests/test_absorbed_intent.py b/tests/test_absorbed_intent.py
index 49b88519..522663b1 100644
--- a/tests/test_absorbed_intent.py
+++ b/tests/test_absorbed_intent.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def test_missing_overnight_sentence_fails(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     overnight = root / "docs/guide/07-overnight.md"
     overnight.write_text(
         overnight.read_text(encoding="utf-8").replace(
-            "starts a round at the owner", "checks every merge-ready head"
+            "checks the owner's code-ready head", "checks every merge-ready head"
         ),
         encoding="utf-8",
     )
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def test_missing_overnight_sentence_fails(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     commits.write_text("", encoding="utf-8")
     proc = _run(root, ["--commits-file", str(commits)])
     assert proc.returncode != 0
-    assert "missing docs/guide/07-overnight.md: starts a round at the owner" in proc.stdout
+    assert "missing docs/guide/07-overnight.md: checks the owner's code-ready head" in proc.stdout
     assert "pstack commits after pin" not in proc.stdout